The star of veteran comedies and a ventrilokist Jeff Dunham He says there are several key reasons why he would not want to be an upcoming comedian today.
Dunham, who has entertained millions for decades with his ventrilokist dolls, said Fox News Digital In an exclusive interview that our current technology of social media and smartphones, as well as American hyperiticized culture, make him feel lucky that he is not a comedian who is trying to make a name for himself today.
“That’s still true. I would hate to be a new stand-up comic because of technology,” he said. Later said that Cancel culture is another reason.
Jeff Dunham spoke with Fox News Digital this month about how there were fewer traps trying to make themselves in comedy when he was coming, compared to now. (AFP associate/ associate)
By elaborating on his first point, Dunham said that because of the shooting of smartphones and people who can transfer that content to the Internet at the moment where he can become viral, he threatens the artist’s control over their material.
“And it was worse a few years ago before they started to tighten on the phones and all that, because people would enter the club and record their act, and announce it, and you couldn’t do anything about it,” he said.
This concern is not just Dunham. Other comics with a big name, Including Davea ChappelleThey even started politics without a phone on their live shows.
In December 2023, Chappelle set off from his own set to Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida, after someone from the audience broke his policy without a phone. The places that implement these policies often ask the audience members to leave their phones in Neoprene bags for the duration of the show.
Comedy MothersHip, a place owned by Podcaster and comedian Joe RoganHe also dictates the shows without a phone and asks participants to place their devices in bags called “YNDR bags“The staff is locked during the duration of the emissions.
Yondro’s director of music and events, Dawson Ludwig, explained why comedians opt for UA bags 2022 interviewsaying, “There is such a great value in creating some privacy. Obviously the whole internet is filled with leaks and bootlegs, and comedians are very invested in ensuring what they say on stage remains in that room.”
Comedian and ventrilokist Jeff Dunham talks to Fox News Digital about the current state of comedy compared to how it was when he hit his boiler. (Fox News Digital)
However, Dunham admitted that although some were Mandating shows without a phoneSome comedians accept fans by shooting their sets and transferring them to social media, because the potential for viral moments can make their career.
“Then, on the other hand, now people started accepting it because it does the stars,” he said, though he noted that there was a double blade sword there.
“And also, I’m sorry because they get five minutes of excellent material or get the following for everyone, you know, have their YouTube channel. And then they go out, and try to have fun and have no hour of material.”
He added that a viral moment could give someone a quick success, but they risked that success was just a flash in a pan.
“It will be sold several times, and then the word is coming out,” is better in 30-season on the internet, “he said.
Dunham, who has performed most of his life his law best -selling comics Of all the time, he says he was glad he came when he did.
“The old school way of starting at the Comedy Club and going to the Open Mic Night and the failure and dying of a thousand deaths – that was the way it – tested it with fire,” he said.
“And that happened to me when I moved to Los Angeles ’88,” he continued. “I’ve been performing since that, you know, of my eight years. And I knew how to entertain. I knew how to talk to the crowd.”
Dunham said he became ridiculous enough to be a success in the industry after “died a thousand deaths in front of the audience.”
The comic book gave his second reason that he preferred to reject his boilers in the 80s and 90s: he was able to build his career without fear of being canceled, a modern threat in which sensitive groups seek to punish or shyly distinguished personality to say anything they thought were politically inaccurate.
Asked if he felt that it was harder to perform and tell jokes for canceling culture, Dunham agreed and explained that he was fortunate to have built a solid fans base among previous generations that would not only disperse if the social media turned.
“Yes. You know, my audience was there forever. And I think when people – they come back again and again, bring family and friends, and so little is expected … for what will be there. And so, as I said, I wouldn’t want to be a new guy for that reason.”
“That’s the second reason but technology,” he said.
Talking about the dismissal culture, Dunham said that thanks to the president Donald TrumpThinking, it looks a little better there because of comics concerned about the cancellation of a joke.
“But now with Trump to duty, only to me as a comedian, you simply felt that weight from the back … You feel like you can joke about the things we joked about now,” said comedian Fox. “And the fact that in the last few years it has been crowded, and almost really tucked-it has been clouded-it is so refreshing that at least you feel like it is okay to do the right stand-up comedy now.”
